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Highlight Menu

A popup menu appears when you highlight text, giving instant access to text-to-speech, dictionary, translation, web search, and more.

After Highlight Menu was enabled
Before Highlight Menu was enabled

Tools Right Where You Need Them

Select any text on a page, and a small menu appears. From that menu, you can read the text aloud, look up a word, translate it, search for it, or highlight it - all without leaving the page or opening Helperbird.

It's the fastest way to use Helperbird's features.

Learn how to use the highlight menu

  • Web Highlighter - Save your highlighted passages for later review and organization.
  • Dictionary - Look up words directly from the highlight menu while reading.
  • Text to Speech - Play selected text aloud through the convenient highlight menu.

What's in the Menu

Play: Have the selected text read aloud.

Dictionary: Look up the definition of a word.

Search: Search the web for the selected text.

Translate: Translate the text into another language.

Immersive Reader: Open the text in a clean, focused reading view.

Highlight: Mark the text with a color for later reference.


Why This Saves Time

Without the highlight menu, you'd have to:

  1. Select text
  2. Open Helperbird
  3. Find the feature you want
  4. Apply it

With the highlight menu, you select text and click once. Done.


Who Uses This

Students who need to quickly look up words or translate text while studying.

Researchers who want fast access to definitions and searches.

Anyone who reads online and wants quick tools at their fingertips.


Is This Free?

The highlight menu opens on the free plan, and search works from it. Making a highlight needs Helperbird Pro, as do text-to-speech and Immersive Reader. On the free plan the six colors still appear, and choosing one shows a note about Pro.

I found this extension on a whim to help myself. Suffering with post concussion syndrome symptoms and working remotely is really hard! This extension basically saved my job. It gave me back productivity and the ability to read the screen. This extension has so many neat features I never even knew I needed. I love this and you will too! You don't need to be dyslexic or have dyslexia for this extension to benefit you. Do yourself a giant favor and get it! I highly recommend it!

Catherine Contillo
Catherine Contillo
Helperbird user
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